Walls and
Roofs

This section of the site will
help you find information about the solid components of the external
envelope -walls and roofs. In terms of energy performance they
are the key elements of any house.

Walls come in three generic
types, loadbearing masonry, framed and clad, or reinforced poured/sprayed
materials such as concrete and ferro cement.Featured
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Roofs

Roof finishes can be divided
into pitched or flat roofs. Clearly the shallower the pitch,
the more reliance is placed on the performance of the surfacing
material -this may be reflected in the life of the roof finish.
Traditional tiles and slate offer the greatest length